"The penalty good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men." - Plato

Saturday, June 09, 2012

Uh, I Didn't Mean My Network

CBS News president revises and extends his revealing remarks: "Ultimately journalism has changed…partisanship is very much a part of journalism now."

Over the years, CBS News has often faced accusations of liberal bias,
which it has steadfastly denied. Was Moonves suggesting a new policy?
I asked network spokesman Dana McClintock whether Moonves, when he
said, "partisanship is very much a part of journalism now," was
referring to CBS News.

McClintock sent back a four-word response: "No he was not."

So: When the chief executive of CBS attends an Obama fundraiser and
explains his presence in part by saying that "partisanship is very much a
part of journalism now," he does not mean CBS.

About Me

I was born in Tombstone, Arizona, but moved to California in 1959 when labor strikes at the copper mines devastated the Arizona economy. I've been moving north ever since. Pullman is as far north as I care to live and I'm looking toward reversing the drift.